Just stop. I have an old friend that builds amateur rockets with her husband. She knows this guy. You can clearly see the curvature of the earth from the cameras of his rocket launches.
Skip to 3:50. (youtube.com)
Earth is an oblate spheroid. Cut it out.
Just stop.
What, asking question? No.
Earth is an oblate spheroid. Cut it out.
No proof of that.
You say the video proves it's an oblate spheroid. How? Is it because the cutoff point in the distance has a "curve" to it? You would get the same visual effect from a flat plane with a diffuse light at the end of its reach. It would make a circle on the ground at the points where the light intersects with the plane.
From a high altitude, one could see the edges of that circle of light intersecting with the ground. Thus, a curved edge.
Or it's because we're on a spinning ball. It's not enough evidence to draw a logical conclusion.
Believe what you will. I will keep asking questions until something fits.
do not throw your pearls before swine
I literally just showed you amateur video showing the curvature of the earth from 250k+ feet.
1) Why is the earth's shadow on the moon always round during a lunar eclipse?
2) Why is the earth's gravity slightly stronger at the poles than at the equator? (this has been proven by swinging a pendulum at the poles and equator)
3) Why do ships that sail away into the ocean gradually sink out of sight, below the horizon?
4) Why does the position of the stars change as you travel north or south from the equator?
1) Why is the earth's shadow on the moon always round during a lunar eclipse?
How do you know it's the earth's shadow?
2) Why is the earth's gravity slightly stronger at the poles than at the equator? (this has been proven by swinging a pendulum at the poles and equator)
According to whom? Have you done these tests yourself?
3) Why do ships that sail away into the ocean gradually sink out of sight, below the horizon?
Why is it that the same ship, after sinking out of sight, can be seen again by zooming in with a P900 camera?
4) Why does the position of the stars change as you travel north or south from the equator?
No idea. Why is it that the same side of other planets are always facing earth? I've heard the "tidal locked" theory for the moon, but not as it pertains to other planets like saturn, etc.
I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying the math doesn't add up. That's why I ask questions. Particularly once I realized that I was accepting theories fed to me by governments, and not things I have tested myself.
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